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Name: LIGHTSHIP No 75
Type: Light Ship
Launched: 01/12/1906
Completed: 12/1906
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 793
Dimensions: 100nrt, 104.0 x 24.0 x 15.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: None
Construction: Iron & Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
12/1906 Corporation of Trinity House, London
14/08/1940 Sank
Comments: Known as the Folkestone Gate lightship
14/08/1940: Sunk by German aircraft